Working the Asset — Update 10th August - SUSAN TIPPETT BRAITHWAITE

It’s been a couple of weeks since I did an update post for Working the Asset.

Since the last update, I’ve blasted through Pass #4, the aim of which is to deepen audience delight with genre sequences, dramatic irony, and making sure that the story escalates well.

I’m now working on Pass #5. This pass takes care of the Fou Rs or as H. R. D’Costa (the creator of this outlining method) calls them The Four Workhorses. The four Rs are Realism, Relevance, Repetition, and Rhythm.

For the past few days I’ve been working through my stack of index cards—the continuously growing stack—looking for, and creating, setups and payoffs. And, tomorrow sees me tackling the fun/teeth-drying task of wrangling my subplots into shape.

And onwards!

Thanks for reading, and for your support 😍

As always, stay safe and stay awesome!

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Author: Susan T. Braithwaite

Royal Navy veteran from Scotland. My journey into writing started with a screenwriting certificate program at UCLA Ext. Since then, I've worked as a freelance content writer, erotica author, proofreader, professional beta reader, and content editor. I'm now working hard on my dream writing career: romantic suspense author. When I'm not writing, I can be found drinking too much coffee, obsessing over yarn, and planning world domination with my husband, jezbraithwaite.blog, and our squirrel army. View all posts by Susan T. Braithwaite

4 thoughts on “Working the Asset — Update 10th August”

Chris Hall says:

August 10, 2020 at 4:57 pm

I’m fascinated by your process, Susan. Very much looking forward to the final outcome!

Susan T. Braithwaite says:

August 11, 2020 at 1:18 pm

Thanks, Chris. This is the first time I’ve used this method. It’s a lot of work up front, but I’m constantly seeing how invaluable it’s going to be in the long run.

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